RICHMOND, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Kentucky State Police are searching for an inmate who walked away from the Bluegrass Career Development Center just before 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

KSP says the escaped inmate is a 26-year-old Jeremy D. Ward from Hartford. He is described as a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, and tattoos on his neck and chest. Ward was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, camouflage sweatpants, and white shoes.

Authorities say that Ward is known to frequently visit Owensboro, Hartford, Beaver Dam, and surrounding counties.

Ward has been serving a sentence for multiple drug trafficking and possession charges in addition to charges of burglary and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, KSP says.

Anyone with information regardi

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